I’m not at all sure why a blog named AudioGasms (Motto: “Gasmic Audio News From Around the Web”) has an entry about reading. But its admin has written a lengthy piece full of details on how to use Maxthon to read novels onscreen without developing cluster headaches and swollen eyeballs. Read the piece–as long as you’re using Maxthon.
If you have Maxthon, why do you need Amazon’s Kindle?
2010-07-18 20:38:43A Great Video about a Great Browser
2010-07-10 02:51:25Computers Zine has posted a video review of Maxthon that will warm the cockles of any Maxthon enthusiast. The video by ZOmbieKangarO was actually posted on YouTube several months ago, and since then it has been watched more than 4,000 times. I think the reason for its popularity is the unbridled joy that ZOmbieKangarO has in narrating the video. You can tell he really, really likes Maxthon. Head on over to YouTube before all the viewers wear out the video–or watch it right here:
Maxthon–A Better Internet Browser
M A X T H O N
Don’t Surf the Web. Seize it!
Maxthon Developer Silences the Deadly Vuvuzela
2010-07-01 07:44:36Like most sane people in the world, Maxthon developer Mr. K could feel his nerves crawl as he watched the World Cup soccer games whenever someone blew a vuvuzela, a cheap plastic horn that makes a sound that’s a cross between fingers scratching on a blackboard and the mating call of a hyena being stung to death by a swarm of enraged killer bees.
Unlike most people, Mr. K could do something about it.
A software developer at the home of the Maxthon browser in Beijing, Mr. K (a.k.a. Jikai) quickly created Maxthon Anti-vuvuzela, a program that filters out the sound of the horn from games being netcast from South Africa using the audio code DirectSound. The program targets the frequencies used by the horn from hell and lowers their volume so they can’t be heard while the rest of the game’s sounds continue normally.
Unfortunately the program does not work with YouTube and Flash videos. But aim Maxthon at a site using DirectSound, such as www.pptv.com, and the only noises you’ll hear are the cheers, and boos, from the fans.
Maxthon Anti-vuvuzela may be downloaded at:
http://dl.maxthon.com/tools/MxAntivuvuzelaEn.zip.
Google Chrome, Apple Safari Flunk Password Security—Big Time
2010-07-01 07:01:54In tests performed by Chapin Information Services of the security of password managers in Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Opera and Mozilla Firefox, all five browsers protected user passwords poorly. Opera and Firefox received the best marks, but passed only seven of 21 tests performed by Chapin. Google Chrome and Safari passed only two tests.
The company took a look at five of the major browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9.62, Firefox 3.04, Safari 3.2 and Google Chrome. Maxthon was not included. Each browser was susceptible to vulnerabilities that expose password information. Of the five, Opera Software’s Opera and Mozilla Firefox fared the best—meaning they passed seven of the 21 tests. Internet Explorer passed five tests, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari passed only two.
For the complete story, see eWeek.com.
Be a Windows God. Really. You Gotta Do This.
2010-06-23 00:17:41Usually this blog is devoted to Maxthon or at least pointing out the advantages of Maxthon over Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer or any other browser you can find on the Internet. But when I came across this tip for evoking Windows Godmode from Craig Buckner at Sitepoint, it was too good not to steal and share. And for that, Craig Buckner, we thank you.
Godmode is, naturally, stretching it a bit. What Godemode actually does is put, all in one place, the settings, changes, tweaks, and other fussing that you can do by going to the scores of dialog boxes, Control Panel, dialog boxes, and property boxes strewn through Windows–if you find the right one for what you want to do. That’s still a blessing.
The way to achieve tweaking Nirvana, is to create a folder named GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. You can change “Godmode” to whatever you like, but keep the period right after “Godmode” and the long string of letters and numbers in brackets. After you create the folder, it will have an icon on the front that looks like the one here: 
The contents, shown here in details style, look like this:
It’s a good idea to create a shortcut to it because it’s easier to put the shortcut somewhere that’s handy for you. Unless you like crashing your computer, don’t use it in Vista, although if you insist, please first read the comments from some of Bucker’s readers who used it in Vista despite the warnings and how they escaped–or not.
M A X T H O N
Don’t Surf the Web. Seize it!